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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2008
Gilles Lebuffe, Conde sur Vire, FR;
Patrick Leveque, Vire, FR;
Gilles Lebuffe, Conde sur Vire, FR;
Patrick Leveque, Vire, FR;
SED S.A., Ecully, FR;
Abstract
An automatic dispenser of ground coffee having: a reservoir having a flow outlet opening and adapted to contain a quantity of ground coffee; at least one paddle mounted to rotate in the bottom of the reservoir to transfer a predetermined quantity of ground coffee from the reservoir through the flow outlet opening; and a motor assembly connected for driving the paddle in rotation. The motor assembly is composed of: a motor having two input terminals via which operating current is supplied to the motor; and a control circuit having at least one component connected to establish a short circuit between the two terminals after the supply of operating current to the motor has been cut off.